Fife Flyers reveal European pre-season opposition

Allan Crow

Fife Flyers will start their landmark 80th anniversary season with a six-game European warm-up competition.

The club has teamed up with Manchester Storm to launch the 4 Nations Showcase which will bring Danish and German opposition to Fife Ice Arena as well as Altrincham.

It starts on Wednesday, August 22, and concludes on Sunday September 2.

Flyers and Storm will welcome Danish teams, Aalborg Pirates and Odense Bulldogs, plus German sides Eispiraten Crimmitschau & SC Riessersee for series of challenge games ahead of the 2018-19 EIHL season.

The action begins on the 22nd when Fife travel south to play Storm.

They then welcome Pirates back to Kirkcaldy on Saturday 25th – the clubs met in 2014 when Paul Thompson, now head coach at Sheffield Steelers, ran the Danish side – followed by Bulldogs on the 26th.

The action continues with the return game against Storm in Kirkcaldy on Wednesday 29th before fans get to see back to back matches against German DEL2 teams Eispiraten Crimmitschau and SC Riessersee on September 1 and 2 respectively.

It’s the second successive season Flyers have planned a comprehensive pre-season – the successes of last year were down, in part, to the extended build-up which allowed Todd Dutiaume’s new signings to gel and form a strong bond.